Articles in category: Telecom

Quantum Xchange, a secure communications and encryption provider, is partnering with Zayo Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ZAYO) for dark fiber that will be used to provide the first Quantum Key Distribution, or QKD, network in the United States. Zayo, based in Boulder, is providing access to almost 500 miles of existing optical fiber spanning from Boston to Washington, D.C. Quantum Xchange will use the dark fiber to activate the initial leg of its QKD network.

Zayo Group has completed a long-haul dark-fiber rout between Dallas and Los Angeles, enabling diverse connectivity between major West Coast data center markets to Dallas, one of the largest data center and interconnection markets in the United States. Zayo began development of the 2,000-mile route in 2015, which included upgrades and new construction.

Zayo Group Holdings Inc. said it's buying a high-capacity fiber operation in western Canada. The Boulder telecom (NYSE: ZAYO) is buying Vancouver-based Optic Zoo Networks for $24.87 million (U.S.). "The transaction strengthens Zayo’s position in Vancouver and Western Canada, adding 103 route miles and more than 100 on-net buildings to Zayo’s Vancouver footprint.

As CenturyLink rolls out new ‘price for life’ services and invests in its network to improve internet speed to nearly 700,000 people in Colorado, it’s also trying a new approach to bringing broadband to areas that lack it — public-private partnerships with local communities.

Dish Corp. said it's made a deal with Amazon.com Inc. to allow its Hopper DVR to work with Amazon's Alexa devices including the Amazon Echo or Echo Dot. According to Douglas County-based Dish (Nasdaq: DISH), Dish is now the first TV provider to have direct compatibility with Amazon Alexa, which is the Seattle company's intelligent personal assistant.

A federal court has ruled Level 3 Communications was wrongly excluded from a contract for U.S. military telecommunications between Germany and Kuwait, and the judge ordered a military investigation into how it happened. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims revoked an award granted to Verizon Deutschland GmbH even though its price tag was $38.6 million higher than Level 3’s bid.

Zayo Group Holdings Inc. said it's buying a Washington state fiber network provider that serves the western U.S. for $1.42 billion. Boulder-based bandwith infrastructure company Zayo (NYSE: ZAYO) is buying Electric Lightwave of Vancouver, Washington for $1.42 billion in cash. Electric Lightwave split from Integra Telecom Holdings Inc. in August.

Jim Kuiken’s letter to the editor (“Pause before spending $100 million on internet,” Sept. 8) raises thoughtful questions about whether government should provide internet service, which he notes is “an area where technology is rapidly changing.” The quickly evolving world of broadband technologies that Mr. Kuiken describes is an area Comcast knows well. In fact, Comcast has set the pace by increasing its broadband speeds 16 times in the last 13 years. The ...

Layer3 TV quietly launched its high-end cable service in Chicago this week with national aspirations and a modest retail kiosk in Northbrook Court . The Denver-based company is bucking cord-cutting trends and looking to lure disgruntled cable subscribers with an offering that includes hundreds of high-definition channels, cutting-edge technology and what it says is a focus on customer service...

Layer3 TV, the secretive downtown Denver video technology company, has launched video service in its first major market, Chicago, and unveiled its TV channel lineup ahead of expansion into other big cities.

The channel packages its offers, which makes Layer3 TV look a lot like the kind of cable TV it’s competing against, but it’s using technology to try to be more than that for consumers.

Layer3 has agreements to sell the top channel lineups from the major cable and satellite TV programmers:…

Cable giant Comcast Corp. Tuesday expanded eligibility for its Internet Essentials service that makes broadband available to low-income families for $9.95 a month, which could nearly triple the 2,500 Colorado Springs-area families who participate in the 5-year-old program...

A New York-based investment group has acquired the Verizon complex on Garden of the Gods Road for $31 million in the second-largest real estate transaction this year.

A limited liability company created by Fortress Investment Group LLC bought the 726,528-square-foot complex on 129 acres at 2424 Garden of the Gods Road Aug. 10 from Verizon Business Network Services Inc., according a deed filed with the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder's Office...

Two years after Boulder residents voted to give city officials the power to examine how a potential municipal broadband system would function -- providing options between three forms of community broadband: municipal, public-private or fully private -- neighboring Superior will vote Monday to send similar language to its November's ballot. "We'll be reviewing that ballot language," said Mayor Clint Folsom...

On July 12, the City Council heard from its $150,000 national broadband consultant, who shared some sunny news: Private companies are lining up for the opportunity to build and operate the high-speed fiber-optic service virtually every sector of Boulder covets...

June 16, 2016 Boulder property owners now required to compost In Colorado, approximately 49,182 households receive HUD assistance, according to Comcast. For $9.95 a month, Internet Essentials subscribers get a Wi-Fi router and 10 megabits-per-second internet service. Users also can buy a computer for $150 and attend free tech classes . Internet Essentials launched in 2011 with Colorado being one of the first states to participate...